Chick embryos were injected with iopanoic acid (IOP) on either day 17 or 18 of incubation, and radioimmunoassays of triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) in serum and thyroid glands were performed from day 19 on through pipping and hatching and 1 day after hatching. The IOP was able to block T4 to T3 conversion in chick embryos from day 19 of incubation. Blocking T4 conversion did not delay hatching significantly, nor did it affect embryonic mortality significantly. Yolk sac retraction was not affected at hatching. A rise in serum reverse T3 (rT3) and T4 was observed after IOP administration. The rise in T4 could not be explained solely by a decreased T4 conversion. The results indicated that peripheral monodeiodination occurs in the late chick embryo.
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